Ergalatax margariticola
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Ergalatax margariticola | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Ergalatax |
Species: | E. margariticola |
Binomial name | |
Ergalatax margariticola (Broderip, in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Ergalatax margariticola, common name : the shouldered castor bean, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The shell size varies between 14 mm and 40 mm
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Distribution
[edit]This species is distributed in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, the Seychelles, Tanzania, and in the Western Pacific Ocean and Japan.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Ergalatax margariticola (Broderip, in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 November 2010.
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- Taylor, J.D. (1971). Intertidal Zonation at Aldabra Atoll. Phil. Trns. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 260, 173–213
External links
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